A shorthanded Australia will enter the Champions Trophy bereft of confidence and desperate for answers after a hefty 2-0 ODI ...

Kusal Mendis held together the Sri Lankan innings ... there had been much speculation that this new surface would produce significant bite and turn. There was sharp turn at times, especially ...

Feb 6 (Reuters) - Australia's Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon claimed three wickets apiece but Kusal Mendis' battling half ... before Starc struck with the new ball, dismissing Ramesh and Prabath ...

Kusal Mendis was left stranded on 85 as Australia wrapped up Sri Lanka's first innings for 257 early on day two of the second test in Galle on Friday. Resuming from their overnight score of 229-9 ...

Angelo Mathews and Kusal Mendis had breathed life into the second Test with an ... Jayasuriya found venomous bite with the second new ball to pick up four of his five wickets in the session. Smith and ...

A 65-run stand for the seventh wicket between Kusal and Ramesh Mendis prolonged Sri Lanka's innings, leaving Australia running out of ideas. At that point, Smith opted for the second new ball and ...

IMAGE: Kusal ... Mendis (28) to lift the hosts. Their 65-run partnership lasted much of the afternoon session as both batters rotated strike to frustrate Australia, before Starc struck with the ...

But Kusal Mendis and Ramesh Mendis combined for a seventh ... there had been much speculation that this new surface would produce significant bite and turn. There was sharp turn at times ...

Half-centuries from Dinesh Chandimal and Kusal Mendis kept Sri Lanka in the game, but their hopes of a big first-innings total after winning the toss did not materialize. Australia bowled with ...